





Chief Guest Dr. Mary Teopista (Center), Amb. Francis Butagira, Registrar General Ms. Mercy K. Kainobwisho and URSB board members pose for a photo at the URSB ISO Certification External Stakeholders celebration
Hon. Nobert Mao congratulates the Registrar General, Ms. Mercy K. Kainobwisho, and Board member, Ms. Lydia A. Sekkabira on the ISO 9001:2015 certification milestone
Mr. Hamidu Tumuhimbise, a senior Registration Officer, attends to a client during the UEB claimants exercise at the Uganda Business Facilitation Center, Kololo
A delegation from PACRA led by the Deputy Registrar Mr. Chewe Peter Chilufya (Center) visited URSB for a 3 days benchmarking visit on the Intellectual Property Registry on how systems operate, the digital improvements implemented and how these reforms contribute to reduced turnaround time
A delegation from UNOC visits URSB to benchmark on the Digital Transformation Journey.
Director General WIPO Mr. Daren Tang, Minister of Justice Hon. Nobert Mao, The Registrar General Ms. Mercy K. Kainobwisho, URSB Board members a delegation from WIPO pause for a photo at the Uganda Business Facilitation Center during the DG’s mission to Uganda

URSB on a positive growth trajectory – Registrar General
The Uganda Registration Services Bureau (URSB) is on a positive upward trajectory according to the Registrar General, Ms. Mercy K Kainobwisho. She made the revelation while presenting a paper on URSB’s past and present performance, and future outlook at the Top Management retreat in Entebbe.
The Registrar General noted that URSB had made tremendous progress from the historical paper-based registries to the current online systems which had eased registration and improved Non-Tax revenue collections. She noted key achievements such as the legal reforms, adoption of several international treaties, passing some regulations, increased public awareness of URSB services and hosting staff empowerment activities among others.
Key projects implemented include the WIPO rainwater harvesting project now implemented in schools, the mass business registration, the permanent home at UBFC, deployment of the Online Business Registration System (OBRS), and integration of the motor vehicle system with the SIMPO system among others.
The Registrar General also informed the meeting that URSB had been allocated land in the Namanve Industrial Park for the construction of an archival centre to improve the storage of records. She noted that Management would continue to prioritise staff welfare and expansion of access to URSB services through strategic partnerships and technology.
She noted that there were plans to develop and incorporate an Artificial Intelligence strategy in the registration processes to improve efficiency and standardise operations as well as the establishment of the non-individual register.